Today, I share with you a great insight.
Do you like coffee? do you get fed up with the paraphernalia needed to make it, and washing everything up? I do. Why can’t it be as simple as tea? The fact is, you don’t need any hardware except for a cup and a teaspoon. And, you will probably use less ground coffee in the process.
How does it work? take a look at one of the traditional methods the Chinese use for tea. They just put a few leaves in hot water, and when the leaves sink, it’s ready to drink. (And you can top up with water again to make the leaves go further – most good teas are fine for this.)
Well, the same works for coffee! So try this: 2 teaspooons of coffee grounds in a normal-size mug, with milk (optional) and then top up with near-boiling water, and leave for a few minutes. Stir occasionally. After about five minutes, most of the grounds will have sunk and you can drink the coffee.
It’s not bad, is it?
Worth mentioning: the ‘Byzantine’ method (Greek coffee etc) is kind of similar – heating the coffee and water mix to boiling and then not bothering to separate them.
Talking of crema, I recently visited the Ouseburn Coffee Company. They roast their own beans, and there was quite a head on the Coffee Johnny espresso I had. Great taste too. I’m drinking their Foundry #1 this week, also good. Will definitely go back for their other offerings.
So I recently bought an Aeropress. Nice idea, fun to use, and the kids are now fighting to make me more coffee… Mrs C approved of the reduction in mess too.
But, I still prefer the method above – more crema for one thing.
That is also the preferred way to sample coffee; cupping. Except when cupping, you don’t actually drink the entire cup. You just taste it.